One of our favorite Ambrose traditions is Capers. We haven't been able to caper for a few years and we are SO excited that this year we once again get to participate in this amazing experience throughout our building.
What is Capering? Capering is a time of collaboration and shared experiences between classrooms. It is a time for the children to experience the learning that is happening in other spaces. It is a time for us to share what we are passionate about in our space with friends in other rooms. And, as one friend beautifully put it, "I get to play with ALL my friends!"
In the Birch room we are capering with the Sycamore and Magnolia rooms on Thursday mornings. We were excited to share our love of painting and our discoveries about lines with them!
We have been noticing lines everywhere. Lines in our writing, lines in our drawing, lines in books, lines that we have drawn or seen others draw. All of our lines have come from our mark-making. Today we wondered what lines we could create using these line segment pieces.
"I made a race track!" ES
"I made a word." JI
Wow! You put these lines together and created letters! That is amazing! Letter lines!
"This one is an 'O' It is the same size as you!" JI
JI, your discovery sparked ideas in your friends and soon others were noticing what letter lines they might create too!
"I made a three." RM "Look! It's an 'M' for RM!"
Playdough lines are SO fun! We rolllllllll them out to make long snakes and sometimes we roll those snakes up into cinnamon rolls, snails, or even creations of our own imaginations!
But in another classroom they asked
"What stories live in your playdough."
We had an amazing time exploring the Magnolia and Sycamore classrooms and being introduced to their passions. We are so excited to be able to caper with them each Thursday! To see what went on in the other rooms, please follow the links below to check out their blogs.
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